British Mauritanian Coast

The British Mauritanian Coast (1875-) was a colony of the United Kingdom located in present-day Mauritania. Colonized around 1878 by British settlers from the naval bases in British Liberia and British Ghana, the Mauritanian Coast was composed mainly of Moors.

History
The Mauritanian Coast colony was settled by the United Kingdom around 1875, with settlements blooming after colonists arrived from the rest of British West Africa. The Mauritanian Coast's capital was Nouakchott, which had a population of 23,910 people as of 8 January 1878. The Mauritanian Coast's culture was primarily Moorish, with most of the work force being farmers and most of the population adhering to Sunni Islam. During the United Kingdom's war with the Sokoto Caliphate, the Mauritanian Coast supplied several native African Askari troops for the British Army to fight the Sokoto Army.

The capital was Nouakchott, and the major cities were Shingit, Rosso, Aleg, and Maghama.